I think keeping it in an isometric perspective helps to simplify things a lot. The mechanics wouldn’t have to be as immersive and it should allow for more freedom for things to change depending on the player’s preferences. I’m still skeptical but at least it seems they’re going in a reasonable direction.
It’s too bad we never got a third installment. It would’ve been cool to see where they’d go after Serkonos like the Pandyssian Continent. With the way things are going with the devs that’s probably a good thing though.
Fantasian. It was made by the father of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi and composed by Nobuo Uematsu and feels just like a PS1 era FF game. It’s a bittersweet sensation knowing this is probably the last time we’ll have such a title made by these legendary figures working together but I’m happy they released it all the same.
You better believe that AI-powered toaster would only accept authorized bread from a bakery that paid top dollar to the company that makes them. To ensure the best quality possible and save you from inferior toast, of course.
Gearbits Mafia Trilogy Dave the Diver
I’m enjoying the hell out of Gearbits. It’s an indie mech shooter with Gundam aesthetics and fast-paced action like Armored Core for a base price of only $10.
This time is a little different. A lot of slightly older but really decent hardware won’t be compatible with Window’s TPM requirements. They’re forcing their customers to buy all new hardware for an overall worse experience. Pair that with the upcoming Trump tariffs and you’ll see some people second guess their next choice of OS if it means they can save on a lot of money if they make some concessions on what they want. I’m not saying it’ll be a huge change but at least it’ll keep ticking up the Linux market share enough for some software publishers to start offering their products on the platform like Steam already is.
There’s a very crucial fact you’re forgetting about corporations who say they care about anything. They’re liars and only care about money.
If some people in the upcoming government have their way, cryptocurrencies might be used to further destabilize the supremacy of the US dollar.
I wanted to play Anno 2205 since it was released back in 2015 but not if it meant downloading and registering in Ubisoft’s bullshit launcher DRM. Here we are almost 10 years later and they still haven’t budged on that requirement. I’ll be looking forward to reading the news of Ubisoft either getting rid of UPlay or going out of business. Either way, that requirement will eventually go away too.
Raid builds hurt financially up front but can save you from a lot of heartache later, even with larger disks.
With how well AMD APUs are doing in regular PCs and the Steam Deck, I see it as a way for developers to standardize their game optimization like they would on consoles.
A lot of newer AAA games rely on ray tracing and AI upscaling to even be able to properly render at 1080p . This is their way to make up for developer’s shit hardware optimization and insistence on investing in diminishing returns for graphical realism.
Instead of trusting DLink with an off the shelf NAS, it might be easier to build your own with a Raspberry Pi running openmediavault hooked up to a couple of USB hard drives. It’s worked well for me for over 6 years now with no issue and could cost way less.
It’s as stale as our collective taste for it apparently. We’d have had pro reform politicians elected to power otherwise.
Part of the reason is because most people don’t notice the lawsuits or think this is boilerplate legal stuff that happens in the background all the time. They’re too distracted by the entertainment side of things.
Ayreon is so damn theatrical that they made and filmed an opera called “The Theater Equation” and it’s pretty damn glorious. Check out Dream Theater’s “The Astonishing” if you want to hear a more dramatic story as well. If you want something more symphonic with mostly traditional orchestral instruments, Blind Guardian’s “Twilight Orchestra - Legacy of the Badlands” will scratch that itch. Shadow Gallery, Symphony X, and Threshold are also honorable mentions.
It’s still better than WebEx because I don’t have to log in to that piece of shit software to start a video call.
It’d be nice if JRPGs would go back to the old school overworld design like in Star Ocean 2. It’s a good compromise between sense of scale and interactivity with the world.
Spoiler: They will waste their time.
It’s also free to not force paying customers to do it you know.